#Stepped CapsLock Compatibility

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true depot
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Any chance Wooting has looked into using a stepped Capslock instead of the full key version?

I feel like the stepped Capslock always made so much more sense, but could never use it on any of the keyboards I've purchased, could be a stand out feature of the board.

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Stepped CapsLock Compatibility

mild dune
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Surely stepped capslock is compatible, call me stupid if I am but isn’t stepped capslock just a keycap? You don’t need anything special to install it right??

true depot
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Stem location is not compatible on a stepped capslock

ember musk
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stepped capslock requires the key to be moved left

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so its either only stepped capslock or normal capslock

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someone might make a modified stepped keycap that works with normal switch placement but the step would be tiny

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like half of whats in the image

mild dune
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Ah ok I concede then

true depot
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Yeah, I have found one place that supposedly makes a center stemmed stepped capslock, but yet to be seen if it works correctly

ember musk
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also theres not much of a functional reason to have it stepped on modern keyboards as you can just unmap capslock and put it onto an fn layer meaning it cant accidentally be pressed

true depot
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I use personally use my capslock as a second function key, but I've thought many times that it'd be easier to recognize the position of it if it was stepped.

ember musk
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id guess that depends on what youre used to

true depot
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But overall, not even in my limited use case, I feel like it always made more sense anyway, it's a weird key that almost no one uses

ember musk
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the main use of the step is not accidentally pressing it AND not pressing it massively offcenter

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although the offcenter press is a side effect of needing to move it due to the step size

true depot
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Just a thought.
You guys are a rather influential company in the keyboard space at this point from what I can tell. Creating a new (better) normal is something influential companies do 🙂

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Step it up dogekek

true depot